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What is the current situation of countries that regard Japan and the United States as backers, "establish diplomatic relations" with Taiwan, and suspend flights to China?

author:Nangong Qin

It is one of the world's youngest countries, located in the western Pacific Ocean, part of the Caroline Islands, known as one of the gateways of Southeast Asia.

Although it has a long history, it has been passively "isolated" because it has been far from the mainland for many years, so it has not produced any advanced and developed national civilization.

It covers a total area of about 465 square kilometers and seems to have more than 300 islands, but only 9 are suitable for permanent habitation.

What is the current situation of countries that regard Japan and the United States as backers, "establish diplomatic relations" with Taiwan, and suspend flights to China?

As of 2022, its total population is only 18,000, which is very rare, and the increase is almost zero compared to previous years.

Because China has not yet established diplomatic relations with it, the mainland does not have direct flights to it, and if Chinese people want to visit its country, they can only fly to cities such as Hong Kong or Macao first, and then arrive in transit.

In terms of food, like most island cities, it is dominated by delicious seafood dinners, such as mangrove crabs, which are a common local crab, which is about the size of an adult's palm, and the meat is delicious and worth tasting.

What is the current situation of countries that regard Japan and the United States as backers, "establish diplomatic relations" with Taiwan, and suspend flights to China?

Sometimes, when tourists finish eating crab meat, the local owner will teach tourists to pull off the small claws at the front of the crab, and then make a small hole in the edge to make a unique key ring or necklace, which is very interesting.

Bats are also one of the common ingredients favored by locals, and their people feel that those bats that wander in the jungle absorb the sap of different flowers, have a strong plant essence, and eat its flesh to greatly help the human body.

Therefore, they used to cook goji berries and ginger with bat meat, and the soup cooked had a refreshing taste; Or add a little coconut milk to the bat soup to make the taste closer to the island.

What is the current situation of countries that regard Japan and the United States as backers, "establish diplomatic relations" with Taiwan, and suspend flights to China?

Generally speaking, when local shops serve bat soup on the table, the broth is separated, and visitors cannot see bats, but can only taste simple soup.

But in case tourists have a curious mentality and want to taste bat meat, the shop will also meet the requirements of tourists, dispose of the bat fur for tourists, and then serve it to tourists.

The sea views there are particularly beautiful, such as the century-old Scallop City and Shark City. The former is a snorkeling spot, where you can get up close and admire the clamshells; The latter can watch blue-horned sharks and even swim with them. Others such as Jellyfish Lake, Great Fault, uninhabited islands, etc. are also popular local attractions.

But for a variety of reasons, Chinese citizens rarely heard its name until the 2012 incident.

It is the Republic of Palau, which regards Japan and the United States as its backers, and is rare in the world to "establish diplomatic relations" with Taiwan, suspend flights to China, and not be very "treated" to China and Chinese.

What is the current situation of countries that regard Japan and the United States as backers, "establish diplomatic relations" with Taiwan, and suspend flights to China?

01, the small Pacific countries who know

At the end of March 2012, Palau officials suddenly reported that Chinese fishermen had illegally entered the country to fish.

As soon as the incident came out, it immediately aroused great concern from the Chinese side. However, because Palau and China have not established diplomatic relations, only Wen Zhencai, a Chinese staff member in Micronesia, can go to Paro to learn the truth of the investigation.

Immediately, the Deputy Prosecutor General of Palau publicly accused that Chinese fishing boats illegally entered Palau waters to conduct fishing operations, and Palau police opened fire on Chinese fishing boats to stop Chinese fishermen, resulting in the death of a fisherman in a fierce clash.

What is the current situation of countries that regard Japan and the United States as backers, "establish diplomatic relations" with Taiwan, and suspend flights to China?

The President of Palau confirmed the incident, revealing that a plane in Palau accidentally crashed while searching for a Chinese fishing fleet mothership in the waters, and the three people on board, including the pilot, were missing for more than 48 hours.

Palau's police department specializing in fish and wildlife protection added that Palau has declared itself the world's first shark sanctuary since 2009, and since then it has been very strict in guarding territorial waters, explicitly prohibiting anyone from illegally entering Palau's 630,000 square kilometers of exclusive waters.

Violations are punishable by up to 3 years' imprisonment and a fine of $50,000.

At dawn on the day of the incident, the Chinese fishing boat ignored the warnings of the Palau police and continued to fish in Palau's exclusive protected waters. Then, as mentioned earlier, a Chinese fisherman was seriously injured and eventually died.

What is the current situation of countries that regard Japan and the United States as backers, "establish diplomatic relations" with Taiwan, and suspend flights to China?

Palau police stressed that the law enforcement officers did not intend to harm Chinese fishermen, but to shoot the engines of Chinese fishing boats, but unexpectedly stray bullets accidentally killed Chinese fishermen.

After Wen Zhencai entered Palau, he learned more comprehensive information about the incident.

He told Chinese media that the number of Chinese fishermen detained in Palau is as high as 25, and he has met with the fishermen, who are all in good health, have not been discriminated against by Palau in prison, and although the meals provided by the prison are very different from what they are used to, there is no problem in maintaining basic food and clothing.

Wen Zhencai said: "The Chinese government is actively communicating with all parties in Palau to bring the Chinese crew back to China to reunite with their families at an early date." Authorities in Palau have suggested that they can close the case if each Chinese fisherman pleads guilty and fines him $1,000, and the prosecution has reached a preliminary consensus on the issue, only waiting for the final court decision, and the Chinese fishermen are expected to be released and returned within a month. ”

What is the current situation of countries that regard Japan and the United States as backers, "establish diplomatic relations" with Taiwan, and suspend flights to China?

In mid-April of the same year, the Supreme Court of Palau approved an out-of-court settlement between Chinese fishermen and the Palau government. Five days later, the Chinese government sent a special plane to Palau to pick up the bodies of 25 fishermen and crew members who were killed.

At this point, the incident seemed to be solved, and Chinese also knew the name of Palau because of this incident, became curious about Palau, and began to pour into Palau for domestic tourism.

However, a US media published a report after the incident, calling the incident "extraordinary."

They took the position of Palau's president at the time, questioning China on behalf of Palau: Why did Chinese fishermen burn their mother boat before being arrested by Palau's police?

Are they trying to hide some evidence that goes beyond fishing? Is it surveillance, reconnaissance, or espionage? Or what are you going to place in the waters of Palau as a missile target?

What is the current situation of countries that regard Japan and the United States as backers, "establish diplomatic relations" with Taiwan, and suspend flights to China?

Don't deliberately quote the "description of the incident" of the President of Palau, emphasize that the attitude of the Chinese staff who went to deal with the incident was very "aggressive and arrogant", openly demanded that all Palauan personnel be retired, speak to Chinese fishermen one by one, and immediately check the remains of the Chinese dead sailors.

The behavior of the US media is undoubtedly to lead the negative public opinion of the incident to the Chinese side and pour a basin of specious "sewage" on China, but the Palau government not only did not refuse, but especially cooperated with the US media "performance".

What is the current situation of countries that regard Japan and the United States as backers, "establish diplomatic relations" with Taiwan, and suspend flights to China?

02, pro-Japanese and pro-American style

In fact, as mentioned above, Palau not only did not establish diplomatic relations with China, but was also quite pro-American and pro-Japanese, regarded the United States and Japan as their backers, adhered to the "tradition" of the United States and Japan, and was extremely "unwelcome" to China and Chinese.

Palau used to be just a small island country in the western Pacific Ocean, until 1710, when a Spanish explorer accidentally discovered Palau, which put Palau's name on the world "roster".

For more than a hundred years, Spain, keen on colonial culture, occupied Palau by absolute force, beginning the period of Palau's colonial rule.

In 1898, Spain's national conditions were not as good as before, and Palau had to be "sold" to Germany, which was thriving at the time, but the proud Germany did not see Palau's dispensable "little meat", and its rule and management were very relaxed, giving Japan the opportunity to enter.

What is the current situation of countries that regard Japan and the United States as backers, "establish diplomatic relations" with Taiwan, and suspend flights to China?

After the Paris Peace Conference, Japan officially acquired Palau. Many years later, the "Pacific War" broke out, the United States and Japan used Palau as the battlefield, you and I launched many wars, Japan was defeated by the United States, and Palau fell into the hands of the United States.

In 1947, under the impact of the wave of global national independence, the United States was forced by international public opinion to temporarily hand over Palau, which had scarce resources, to the United Nations, and then the United Nations returned all the management of Palau to the United States.

In 1969, Palauans awakened their sense of freedom and began status negotiations with the United States; In 1982, Palau signed a "freedom" treaty with the United States; Eleven years later, the treaty was adopted by Palau's referendum; The following year, Palau broke away from the "jurisdiction" of the United States, declared its independence, and became a member of the United Nations.

What is the current situation of countries that regard Japan and the United States as backers, "establish diplomatic relations" with Taiwan, and suspend flights to China?

As for why Palau is closer to Japan, not only designed their national flag after the Japanese Japanese flag, but also made Japanese the official language of the country, it has a lot to do with Japan's usual "brainwashing education" and "cultural infiltration".

In the eyes of the Palauans, although Japan has invaded their territory, it has also helped them carry out modern education, establish modern management, and provide them with many basic transportation, water and electricity facilities, which has greatly improved the living conditions in Palau.

They are grateful to Japan and genuinely "dependent" on Japan. However, Japan's heart towards Palau is not as "sincere" as Palau's.

In 2015, the Japanese emperor and his wife went to Palau to mourn the dead in Japan's western Pacific during World War II, which suddenly "woke up" Chinese tourists.

What is the current situation of countries that regard Japan and the United States as backers, "establish diplomatic relations" with Taiwan, and suspend flights to China?

Remembering the fact that Palau was originally a "follower" of Japan, coupled with the fact that the Palau government has repeatedly reduced flights to China in order to reduce the number of Chinese tourists.

While constantly borrowing the pen of foreign media, deliberately complaining that Chinese tourists bring "garbage" to Palau, damage Palau's natural environment, and cause extreme dissatisfaction among Palauans, which greatly reduces the popularity of Chinese tourists to Palau.

By 2018, Palau had seen few Chinese tourists, and its tourism industry was completely depressed.

Although Palau's president has persisted in rejecting the arrival of Chinese tourists, claiming that Palau will "pursue a more determined balance between the quantity and quality of tourism, with a focus on attracting high-spending tourists," everyone knows exactly what the situation is.

What is the current situation of countries that regard Japan and the United States as backers, "establish diplomatic relations" with Taiwan, and suspend flights to China?

Japan, instead of helping Palau solve their "dilemma", feared that Palau would "suck" to Palau's first foreign visit to Palau in May 2022, just like China, which is increasingly influential among Pacific island countries.

According to information released on the website of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshi Hayashi repeatedly mentioned the topic of "deepening relations between Japan and Palau" during his talks with the President of Palau.

Stressing that Japan and Palau will work together to promote the "Free and Open Indo-Pacific" concept, and talking about China-China security cooperation and the current situation in the Pacific island region, he explicitly stated that Japan will carry out "close cooperation" with relevant countries.

Japanese media reported and analyzed that "the purpose of Lin Fang's visit is to contain China, which is expanding its military influence in the Pacific region."

What is the current situation of countries that regard Japan and the United States as backers, "establish diplomatic relations" with Taiwan, and suspend flights to China?

In response to the "concerns" of Japan and Palau, China's Foreign Ministry responded in the same month, emphasizing that Pacific island countries are sovereign and independent countries and have the right to make "their own" choices, rather than becoming "others" and being "the backyard" of "whom".

The normal security cooperation between China and Solomon is open and frank, and any interference and sabotage that smears and attacks on this cannot succeed!

However, Japan and the United States are still very "guarded" against China, and they are conducting military exercises in Palau and other countries; While strengthening "investment" in Pacific island countries, he received the gratitude of the President of Palau.

What is the current situation of countries that regard Japan and the United States as backers, "establish diplomatic relations" with Taiwan, and suspend flights to China?

"What the United States is doing is a testament to the fact that the United States is 'back' and wants to play an active role; Palau is a small country that is remote and often forgotten, so the 'attention' of the United States is very important to Palau," the president of Palau said. ”

In September 2022, the "US-Pacific Summit" was held in Washington, and the President of Palau revealed in an interview with the media that he had only one purpose for this trip, that is, "not just an opportunity to take photos with Biden at the White House", hoping to meet with Biden.

In the same month, in response to a reporter's question about the US-Pacific summit, China's Foreign Ministry stressed that China will not engage in geopolitical games in the name of cooperation, nor should it replicate the model of camp confrontation to Pacific island countries. China's cooperation with island countries has stood the test of time and history.

What is the current situation of countries that regard Japan and the United States as backers, "establish diplomatic relations" with Taiwan, and suspend flights to China?

03, the so-called truth of Taiwan's friends

In addition, Palau is also one of the few "friends" of Taiwan in the world, and so far, it still ignores China's warnings and insists on maintaining so-called "diplomatic relations" with Taiwan.

Four years ago in July, Taiwan media broke the news that Palau's largest airline had suspended flights to China because it "supported Taiwan independence", without waiting for Palau and "Taiwan independence elements" to hype up the matter.

Qiu Hongzhao, the airline boss they talked about, was shocked and hurriedly came forward to clarify that this matter was a pure misunderstanding, and that he himself firmly supported "one China," supported the "maintenance of the status quo" across the strait, and opposed "Taiwan independence."

His airline's grounding of China was purely commercial and politically unrelated.

What is the current situation of countries that regard Japan and the United States as backers, "establish diplomatic relations" with Taiwan, and suspend flights to China?

The Taiwan media, which were "slapped in the face," immediately silenced their voices, while the President of Palau ignored the increasingly bleak tourism industry in China and continued to make wild rhetoric, saying that the "one-China" policy was not their choice, and that the "principles" and "democratic ideals" of their government were obviously more in line with Taiwan.

In 2022, Palau and Taiwan will once again join forces to create a series of "Moths".

First, when Palau and the United States jointly hosted the "Our Ocean Conference," they invited the Taiwan "authorities" to allow the so-called "special envoy of the President of Taiwan" to participate in the meeting in the capacity of "director of the Environmental Protection Agency," which aroused extreme dissatisfaction from the Chinese side.

The spokesperson of the Chinese Foreign Ministry stressed: China does not recognize any special envoy of Taiwan's "president"; The United States and Palau allowed officials of the Taiwan "authorities" to attend the meeting, and China strongly dissatisfied with this and resolutely opposed it.

What is the current situation of countries that regard Japan and the United States as backers, "establish diplomatic relations" with Taiwan, and suspend flights to China?

Subsequently, the President of Palau "visited" Taiwan and made a public speech, saying that the people of Palau cherish their friendship with Taiwan and will firmly support Taiwan, despite the increasing "aggression" between the two places.

He "meaningfully" accused "a certain country" of "attempting to use force to change the current international status quo" and urged "Taiwan to continue to work side by side with Palau to promote international cooperation" to "ease" so-called "military tensions."

It can be said that Palau's hostility to China has become deeply entrenched under the influence of the United States, Japan and other countries and "Taiwan independence elements" and is basically impossible to reverse.

However, as Chinese diplomatic spokesmen have repeatedly emphasized, any attempt to so-called international "breakthrough" will not succeed, and Taiwan is part of China's territory.

It is a historical and legal fact that no one can change!

Resources:

"Taiwan media hype Palau's largest airline grounded because it supports "Taiwan independence", and the boss hurriedly refutes rumors"

"Taiwan Authorities Officials to Attend Palau Joint Office Meeting, Foreign Ministry Responds"

Palau Says Committed to Supporting Taipei Despite 'Intensified Aggression'

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